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25 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Former housing minister Alok Sharma has revealed new measures to allow agencies and other businesses to avoid insolvency during the virus...
30 March 2020
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A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...
28 January 2020
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Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...
28 January 2020
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A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A business site says an agency’s administration has been extended as insolvency specialists try to find its former owner to claim...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A property company chief has been banned from being involved in any company for five years following a case involving over...
21 August 2019
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An estate and lettings agency that has been trading in the centre of Exeter for 12 years has ceased trading and...
28 February 2019
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A husband and wife pair of directors at a property valuation and surveying company have been ordered by the courts to...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A tweet from Purplebricks’ chief executive Michael Bruce suggests that the agency may be about to play a role in the Emoov...
05 December 2018
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A statement by the administrators appointed by Emoov says there are prospective buyers for the listings on the online agency and...
05 December 2018
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Sky News says the online estate agency Emoov is preparing to call in administrators in a last-ditch attempt to salvage its...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...
31 October 2018
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An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
11 August 2018
From: Features

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...
10 August 2018
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Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News

An insolvency firm claims 153 estate agencies have gone bust in the past year with more than 7,000 “showing signs of...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...
19 June 2018
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The managing director of troubled estate agency Humberts says he has been “inundated” with prospective buyers since news broke over last...
02 May 2018
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The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...
26 April 2018
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National franchise giant Hunters has delivered a strong trading update, despite what it describes as 'challenging conditions'. Earlier this week, it was...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Administrators have confirmed that 21 jobs have been lost due to the collapse of Hunters' franchise in East Anglia. At a creditors'...
20 February 2018
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The UK estate agency and construction industries are not ready for the huge workload and responsibilities involved in the General Data...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Despite the fact that eight out of 10 statistics are reportedly made up (if you can believe that figure), I bet...
02 September 2017
From: Features

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...
10 June 2017
From: Features

Former clients of a Scottish estate and letting agency and mortgage company are being asked by a corporate insolvency firm to...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An insolvency firm active in the property sector says that after a year of major taxation, legislative and economic volatility, many...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...
15 January 2016
From: Features

“Estate Agents have been highlighted by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) as under reporting relative to their vulnerability to money...
03 December 2015
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A high-end estate agency which closed unexpectedly in April is now reported to have been hit by low demand for homes...